Match making machine



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Patented Sept. 27, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ANDREW SHMYROFF, FKEW' GARDENS, AND JOHN DILL, OF WOODSIDE, AND' EDWARD VAN HOOFSTAD'I, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO LION MATCH 00., INC., OF NEW YORK, N.Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK MATCH MAKING MACHINE Application filedJuly 11,

This invention relates to match making machines and is directed moreparticularly to the feeding of splint or cover stock in absolutelyaccurate predetermined quantities.

In the manufacture of book matches, it is highly desirable that a nicedegree of accuracy be obtained in dimensions of the constituent parts ofthe book. In other words, in order that the parts may be manipulated inautomatic machinery, the dimension of these parts must be constantotherwise jamming of the machines results and proper feeding of theparts and their assemblies throughout steps of the manufacturingoperations are diflicult unless the parts are of uniform size.

Furthermore, uniformity of size is of first importance in the assemblyof the parts in order that they may be properly positioned with respectto one another and in the final or finished article a uniformity of sizeis desirable in order to facilitate packaging and to provide in suchproduct a neat and pleasing appearance. It therefore becomes essentialthat in the cutting of the parts from the stock from which they areformed that this cutting be accomplished in an accurate manner as statedand it is the object of the present invention to insure, in anabsolutely auto matic manner, the accuracy to which we have referred.

As stated, the mechanism of this invention may be employed to act uponeither cover or comb stock without departing from the invention, but forthe purpose of concrete illustration the mechanism shown in theaccompanying drawings is designed to manipulate cover stock. It iscommon practice to feed cover stock from a roll to appropriate knives inorder to cut, from the stock, blanks of predetermined size. Themechanism of this invention is utilized in the manufacture of bookmatches to feed this cover stock from the roll to an appropriate cutterwhere the material is blanked.

In its preferred practical form, the present invention embodies anoscillating head carried by and adapted to oscillate upon a rock shaftto which oscillating movement is imparted from any suitable prime mover,so as to synchronize the operations of this 1930. Serial No. 467,256.

mechanism with the other operating parts of match making machinery withwhich it is associated. On the oscillating head are supported aplurality of so-called positioning fingers preferably spring pressed orof inherent resilient character and all extending in the same direction.These several fingers are so shaped or offset that their free ends arepositioned in tandem and in a line parallel to the edge of a web ofpaper stock adapted to be fed along an associated predetermined path.The stock is fed along said path by a pair of cooperating rolls gearedto to one another and having flat sides because of which the feed of thestock is intermittent and the oscillating head is operativel connectedto the operating mechanism 0 these rolls in such manner that the fingerswill act while the rolls are not feeding whereas the fingers will beinactive while the rolls are feeding.

According to this I invention, the feed of the stock of the rolls may bevaried and is preferably so regulated that there will be aslightoverfeed. Thus at each feeding operation of the rolls the stock isslightly overfed'and at the next operation of the positioning fingers,one of these fingers is adapted to engage with accurately spacedperforations in the stock to move the stock in a retrograde directionslightly in order that the stock may be accurately positioned with,respect to its path of travel with the result that if end portions ofthe stock are cut off at successive operations as stated, all of theseend portions will be of uniformly constant size.

The apparatus is relativel simple, opcrates with a high degree of eciency and is unfailing in such operation.

Features of the invention, other than those specified, will be apparentfrom the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of theinvention, but the construction'therein shown is to be understood asillustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure l is a side elevation of a machine embodying the presentinvention, partly in section on the line 11 of Figure 2. 4

Figure 2 is a plan view of the structure of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view with certain parts broken away in orderto show the invention more clearly.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fi ure 1.

igure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of F i re 4.

igures 6, 7 and 8 are diagrammatic views showing the manner in which theparts cooperate in the feeding and positioning of paper stock.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a feed table of a book matchmaking machine, along which it is desired to feed paper stock toappropriate cutting or blanking mechanism diagrammatically indicated inFigure 1 by a cutter 2.

Positioned back of the cutting mechanism 2 an appropriate distance are apair of feed rolls 3 and 4. These feed rolls are mounted on shafts 5 and6, respectively,-geared together by the gears 7, so that the rolls aredriven at a uniform speed and in timed relation. The roll 4 is fixed onthe shaft 6 permanently, but the roll 3 is circumferentially adjustableon the shaft 5 and is adapted to be locked in regulated position bymeans of a set screw 8 as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be noted from Figure 1 inparticular that the rolls 3 and 4 areprovided with flat faces 9. Each roll is shown as having three suchfaces although there may be a greater or lesser number if desired, butif the rolls operate at the same speed, they should have a like numberof fiat faces, be of the same size and the intervening curvilinearcircumferential surface of the rolls should be correspondingly placed.The rolls are regulatable toward and away from one another in order thatthe curvilinear faces of the rolls may engagewith and drive interposedpaper stock 10. Thus as the rolls are rotated in opposite directionsstock is fed between and by them so long as the curvilinear faces of therespective rolls are juxtaposed, but during the period of such rotationthat the flat faces 9 are juxtaposed the driving or feeding of the stockwill cease until the next succeeding curvilinear surfaces engage withand drive the web through the next feeding operation. These rollstherefore reduce in effect intermittent feeding and the extent of eachfeeding operation may be regulated byslight circumferential adjustmentof the roll 3 on its shaft 5 so as to shorten or lengthen thecooperative relation between the curvilinear faces of the respectiverolls by increasing or decreasing the overlap of such faces. In thisway, a fairly accurate feed of the stock is obtained.

In practice, the rolls are Preferably so adjusted as to produce a slightoverfeed and the positioning fingers which will be hereinafter fullyexplained are adapted during non feeding periods of the rolls to actupon the stock in order to compensate for the slight overfeed to whichwe have referred through web to the extent necessary to compensate forthe overfeed as stated.

Mounted on one side of the table is a bracket 11 pivotally secured tothe table for adjustment on a bolt or screw 12. The upper portion ofthis bracket has a perforated lug 13 and through this lug extends anadjusting screw 14 which is screwed into a tapped ho e in the cutterguide 15 as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The adjusting screw 14 has aknurled operating finger piece 16 and is provided with a fixed collar17, the lug 13 being positioned'between the finger piece and collar sothat by screwing the screw 14 in one direction or the other, the bracketis adjusted 011 the axis of the screw 12 to move it closer to or furtheraway from the feed rolls 3 and 4, or from the cutting knife 2.

Extending through the bracket in a direction transversely of the table 1is a shaft 18 for which the bracket forms a bearing. Fixed to the innerend of this shaft is the oscillating head 19. This head is in the formof a metal block of substantially rectangular form and in the uppersurface of the block are formed three slots in each of which isositioned one end of a finger holder. Three nger holders 19, 20 and 21are shown and consequently there are three slots formed in the block. Apin 22 passes through the block and through all of the finger holders asshown best in Figs. 4 and 5 and this pin forms a fulcrum or pivot onwhich the holders are supported for pivotal movement. Also extendingthrough the block in parallel relation to the pin 22 is a rod 23 andpositioned in the base of each slot below the corresponding holder is aneccentric portion 24 fixed on the rod. The outer end of the rod 23 isprovided with an adjusting handle 25 (see Fig. 3) and to the end of theblock 18 is secured a serrated locking plate 26 of arcuate contour. Theserrated edge of this locking plate coacts with the handle 25 to lockthe handle in any position of adjustment to which it may be manuallymoved, and through such manual movement the eccentric portions 24 ofFigure 5 are caused to adjust the several finger holders as may bedesired to insure proper cooperation of their fingers with respect tothe paper stock to be fed. Leaf springs 27 secured to the head 18 bearupon the holders 19, 20 and 21 and maintain them in engagement with theeccentric portions 24.

The three finger holders carry and-support positioning fingers 28, 29and 30, respectively, the fingers 28 and 29 being bent a Well regulatedretrograde movement of the laterally as shown in Fig. 2, so that thefree ends of all of the'fingers will be arranged in tandem with respectto the path of the stock 10 and will be in a'line parallel to the edgeof the stock, so that these fingers can consecutively cooperate withperforations 31 and 32 formed in the stock adjacent one edge thereof andadapted to travel into and out of cooperation with the fingers as willbe presently explained. It may be here noted, however, that throughoutthe entire length of the stock are holes similar to 31 and 32 as stated,and these holes are positioned a distance apart equal to three times thedistance between the ends of the fingers 28 and 29 or between the freeends of the fingers 29 and 30. This is the preferable spacing althou hit may be otherwise without departing rom this invention.

The outer end of the shaft projects through an interiorly threadedfinger piece 33 which is screwed on to a threaded boss of the bracket 11and exteriorly of the finger piece 33 theshaft carries an operating arm34 to which the shaft is fixedly secured. The finger 33 is between thearm 34 and the fixed collar 35, so that by screwing the finger piece 33in one direction or the other, the shaft 18 may be shiftedlongitudinally to adjust the several fingers laterally with respectto'the holes 31 and The finger piece is milled as shown at 36 and withits milled surface cooperates a spring locking finger 37 and serves tohold the finger piece against inadvertent rotation.

The operating arm 34 is impelled in one direction by a spring 38 shownin Figure 1 .and is acted upon in the opposite direction by a push rod39 guided in brackets 40 on the frame of the machine and provided at itsopposite end with a cam follower 41 coacting with the cam 42 fixed onthe shaft 6. A fixed collar with a pin 43 precludes the push rod fromturning.

The operation of the structure is as follows. As the rolls 3 and 4 turnto the position of Figure 6, two arcuate surfaces of said rolls engagethe stock 10 and feed it to the right to the shaft in this figure, untilthe parts reach the position of Figure 7 whereat the stock is againdisengaged. During this intervening period, however, the cam followerhas been acted upon by the cam to shift the push rod 39 to the left, andto thus oscillate the head 18 in a clockwise direction, so that by thetime the position of Figure 7 is reached, the positioning fingers willhave surface of the stock are moved bodily in the direction of the feedroll 3 and are in effect feeling for one of the holes in said stock. Assoon as one of these holes comes into the path of any one finger, saidfinger drops into the holes and the continued movement of the finger ina rearward direction shifts the stock rearwardly, it being noted fromFigure 8 that during this interval the flat surfaces of the rolls arejuxtaposed and the stock therefore free from engagement with eitherroll. This state of facts continues until through a continued rotationof the rolls, the parts return to the position of Figure 6, where therolls again grip the stock and impart thereto the next forward impulse,the follower 41 in the meantime having passed to the low phase of thecam, so as to permit the fingers,

to elevate and be disengaged from the stock.

The operation of this mechanism necessarily requires proper adjustment.The rolls 3 and 4 should be adjusted to slightly overfeed and thefingers should in turn be adjusted to correct this overfeed to suchextent as to produce accuracy in the operation of the cutter 2. Thebodily position of the oscillating head is of course controlled bymanipulation of the finger piece 16. The lateral positions of thefingers are controlled by the finger piece 33, the Vertical adjustmentof the fingers is regulated by the handle 25 through the eccentricportions 24. The yielding quality of'the fingers is provided for y the srings 27 which of course will yield as the ngers move rearwardly mentwith the stock.

T he structure which has been described is relatively simple for thework which it accomplishes. It ma be adjusted to absolute accuracythrough the positive operations of in engagethe fingers in positioningthe stock with respect to the cutting mechanism and the adjustments ofthe various parts may be readily accomplished while the machine is inoperation and without necessitating the stopping of the machine.

The foregoing detailed description sets forth the invention in itspreferred practical form, but the invention is to be understood as fullycommensurate with the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. In a book match making machine, means for intermittently feeding astrip of stock along a predetermined path in the direction ofpositioning fingers hereinafter defined, said means being constituted toslightly overfeed the stock and to release the stock between successiveperiods of feeding, a member mounted to oscillate and positioned alongthe path of the stock beyond the feeding means, a plurality ofpositioning fingers carried by said member with their ends arranged intandem and extending from the oscillating member in the direction of thefeeding means, means for oscillating said member to move the fingersinto and out of engagement with the strip and to shift them in thedirection of the feeding means while in engagement with the strip, saidmeans for oscillating said member being operatively connected to themeans for intermittently feeding the stock to cause the fingers toengage with the stock during non-feeding periods for the purpose oflongitudinally ad- ]usting the stock in a retrograde direction.

2. In abook match making machine, means for intermittently feeding astrip of stock along a predetermined path in the direction of sitioninfingers hereinafter defined, sai means eing constituted to slightlyoverfeed the stockand to release the stock between successive periods offeeding, a shaft extending transversely of the path of the stock beyondthe feeding means, a plurality of positioning fingers resilientlysupported on the shaft ofi' center thereof and extending toward thefeeding means with their free ends arranged in tandem, means tooscillate said shaft to move the fingers into engagement with the stockand to thereupon shift said fingers in the direction of the feedingmeans for the purpose of longitudinally ad usting the stock in aretrograde direction, said means for oscillating the shaft and the meansfor feeding the stock being timed to engage the fingers with the stockduring nonfeeding periods.

3. In a book match making machine, means for intermittently feeding astri of stock along a predetermined path, a p urality of positioningfingers arranged in'tandem and all operable upon the stock in adirection counter to the feed, and means to periodically engage said finers with the stock simultaneously at difierent points in the length ofthe stock and thereupon shift the fingers in such counter direction tomove the stock backwardly, the means for operating the fingers beingtimed to engage them with the stock during non-feeding periods of thefeeding means.

4. In a book match making machine, means for intermittently feeding aperforated strip of stock along a predetermined path, a plurality ofresilient positioning fingers arranged in tandem and all operable uponthe stock in a direction counter to the feed, and means to periodicallyengage said fingers with perforations in the stock and thereupon shiftthe fingers in such counter direcnon to move the stock backwardly, themeans for operating-the fingers being timed to engage them with thestock during non-feeding periods of the feeding means.

5. In a book match making machine, means for intermittently feeding astrip of stock along a predetermined path, a p urality of positioningfingers arranged in tandem and all operable upon the stock in adirection counter to the feed, means to periodically engage said fingerswith the stock and thereupon shift the fingers in such counter direc-'tion to move the stock backwardly, the means for operating the fingersbeing timed to engage them with the stock during non-feeding periods ofthe feeding means, and means regulating the counter shifting movement ofthe fingers.

6. In a book match making machine, means for intermittently feeding astrip of stock along a predetermined path, said means being constitutedto release the stock between successive periods of feeding and toslightly overfeed the stock at each feeding operation, a shaft extendingtransversely of the path of the stock beyond the feeding means, aplurality of positioning fingers resiliently supported on the shaft oftcenter thereof and extending toward the feeding means with their freeends arranged in tandem, means to oscillate said shaft to move thefingers into engagement with the stock and to thereupon shift saidfingers in the direction of the feeding means to compensate for theoverfeed of the feeding means, said means for oscillating the shaft andthe means for feeding the stock being timed to engage the fin ers withthe stock during non-feeding perio 5, means for regulating the distancebetween said shaft and the feeding means to insure accurate positioningof the stock, and means for regulating the elevation of said fingers.

' non-feeding periods and to slightly overfeed the stock at each feedingoperation, a shaft arranged transversely of said path, an oscillatinghead mounted on said shaft, a plurality of positioning fin ersresiliently supported on said head an all extending in a directioncounter to the feed of the feeding means,land means for oscillating saidshaft to oscillate the headto move the fingers into engagement with thestock and thereupon shift the fingers in a direction counter to the foodto insure, accurate positioning of the stock, said means for oscillatingthe shaft being timed with respect to the feeding means to cause thefingers to engage with the stock during non-feeding periods.

8. In a book match making machine, means for intermittently feeding astrip of stock along a predetermined path, said means being constitutedto release the stock 'during versely of said path, an oscillating headmounted on-said shaft, a plurality of positioning fingers resilientlysupported on said head and all extendin in a direction counter to thefeed of the fee ing means, meansfor adjusting the elevation of the freeends of said fingers, means for regulating the dis tance of the shaftfrom the feeding means, and means for oscillating said shaft to OS-cillate the head to move the fingers into engagement with the. stock andthereupon shift thefingers in a direction counter to the feed, saidmeans for oscillating the shaft being timed with respect to the feedingmeans to cause the fingers to engage with the stock during non-feedingperiods.

9. In a book match making machine, a pair of feed rolls havingcircumferentially spaced apart flat faces and so positioned that whenthe arcuate faces of the rolls cooperate strip stock will be fed betweenthem, with non-feeding periods while the flat faces are in cooperativerelation, said rolls being adapted to overfeed the strip stock at eachfeeding operation, shafts sup-porting said rolls and geared together, anoscillating head mounted to oscillate on an axis transversely of thepath of the stock and beyond the rolls, fingers carried ofi center ofthe head and yieldable with respect thereto, said fingers extending inthe direction of the rolls with their ends in tandem and adapted,through oscillation of the head to be moved into and out of engagementwith the strip stock and to be shifted in the direction of the rollswhile in engagement with the strip to compensate for the overfeed of therolls, and operating connections between the head and one of said shaftsto cause the fingers to be operated in timed relation with the feedrolls to act upon the strip during non-feeding periods.

10. In a book match making machine, a pair of feed rolls havingcircumferentially spaced apart flat faces and so positioned that whenthe arcuate faces of the rolls cooperate strip'stock will be fed betweenthem, with non-feeding periods while the flat faces are in cooperativerelation, said rolls serving to slightly overfeed the stock at eachfeeding operation, shafts supporting said rolls and geared together, acam on one of said shafts, an oscillating head mounted to oscillate onan axis transversely of the path of the stock and beyond the rolls,fingers carried off center of the head and yieldable with respectthereto, said fingers having their ends arranged in tandem and extendingin the direction of the rolls and adapted, through oscillation of thehead to be moved into and out of engagement with the strip stock and tobe shifted in the direction of the rolls while in engagement with thestrip to compensate for the overfeed of the rolls, and operatingrelation with the feed rolls to act upon the strip during non-feedingperiods.

11. In a book match making machine, a I

pair of feed rolls having circumferentially spaced apart flat faces andso positioned that when the arcuate faces of the rolls cooperate stockwill be fed between them, with nonfeeding periods while the fiat facesare in cooperative relation, shafts supporting said rolls and gearedtogether, means for circumferentially adjusting the relation of therolls to vary the feed thereof to maintain a slight overfeed, anoscillating head mounted to oscillate on an axis transversely of thepath of the stock and beyond the rolls, fingers carried ofi center ofthe head and yieldable with respect thereto, said fingers having theirends arranged in tandem and extending in the direction of the rolls andadapted, through oscillation of the head, to be moved into and out ofengagement with the strip stock and to be shifted in the direction ofthe rolls while in engagement with the strip, and operating connectionsbetween the head and one of said shafts to cause the fingers to beoperated in timed relation with the feed rolls to act upon the stripduring non-feeding periods, for-the purpose of shifting the strip in adirection counter to the feed to compensate for the overfeed of saidrolls.

In testimony whereof we have signed the foregoing specification.

ANDREW SHMYROFF. JOHN DILL. EDWARD VAN HOOFSTADT.

